Tree branch causes fires and breaks power line on road, Bloomington MN
Fire & ArsonA tree branch broke near Feastale Avenue touching power lines and caused small fires at three spots. The fires burned out quickly. One power line broke and is lying across the road, blocking Beastale Avenue.
Audio|Source: Bloomington, Richfield, and Edina Public Safety
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Transcript:
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Drive on C and (number withheld) Feastale Avenue, there is a small tree touch in a wire line.
00:04
Creating a small fire, it looks like it'll burn out shortly.
00:07
We'll be your monitoring.
00:08
Centerpoint could get a phone call, that'd be great.
00:10
Okay. Dispatch engine 81 was further.
00:13
Anyone?
00:14
Just a tree branch that broke off, but it's touching tree lines, so it looks like it's about to burn through or fall off here shortly.
00:21
Copy, you're a little bit quiet, but it sounds like this branch isn't just burn off.
00:24
I'm on what's Excel right now.
00:26
They're wondering if the line is running from pole to pole or pull to house.
00:29
The line is running from pole to pole.
00:31
Tree snapped off a chunk of a branch, and it's touching all three of the lines.
00:35
Nothing is down.
00:36
It's just holding onto the tree, creating fire in three separate spots on the three separate lines.
00:42
Okay.
00:43
Anyone from dispatch? Go for Eighty-one.
00:45
Excel's been notified. They don't have an ETA in attack right now.
00:47
It sounds like they're pretty busy.
00:48
But if they are able to call with an ETA, we'll let you know.
00:50
Hazard dissipates.
00:51
Once that's clear, we'll come.
00:53
Jimmy, 2.2.20.
00:58
Dispatch engine, anyone, update.
01:00
Go ahead. Fire is dissipated, line broke is now across the road.
01:03
It'll be going across Beastale Avenue Road.
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Bloomington, MN
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